Brief lifestyle counselling significantly increased patients' motivation to reduce their drinking through a positive shift in readiness to change compared with those receiving the patient information leaflet.
Indeed, this has been viewed as a core element of treatment within sessions, as well as between them, where there is 'an ongoing task of matching the topic of conversation, or strategy being used, to the shifting needs and readiness to change of the client' (Rollnick, 1998).
It is characterized by: a willingness to experiment and "try new approaches"; focus on measurable results; the readiness and latitude to shift funds between organizations and goals, or between programs within a given foundation or "cluster" of foundations.
The expected ordered odds for brief lifestyle counselling compared with the patient information leaflet increased by 1.74 (95% confidence interval 1.27 to 2.39, P=0.001) with a shift to the next higher category that is, a greater readiness to change.
An improved understanding of offenders' readiness to change would enhance our ability to assess and engage such readiness.
Readiness to change physical activity was not related to readiness to change dietary practices.
Readiness to change fat intake was strongly correlated with readiness to change vegetable intake [ 15].
Readiness to change physical activity and dietary practices were not related (discrepant stages of readiness).
Furthermore, it only assesses readiness to change responsibility and does not assess transition-readiness directly.
